what does letivitus mean?

Answer 1

"Leviticus" is a name used for the THIRD book of Moses [the "Torah" or "Law"], and of the Bible. The book focuses on regulations for priestly rituals such as animal sacrifices and ritual cleansings, along with the story of the installation of Aaron and his sons as priests. (In the context of Scripture, this is related immediately after the story of the setting of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus.)

The name itself goes back to the Greek form "to Leuitikon biblion" (or "Leuitikon" for short), meaning "the book of the Levites". The Levites or "tribe of Levi" were one of the Israelite tribes, name after Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob (also called "Israel"). This was the "priestly tribe"--from it came the priests and others involved in tabernacle/temple service.

The Greek title was given to the book by early translators. In traditional Hebrew the title for this book is "Vayyiqra", meaning "and he called". This title comes from the first verse of the book, as do the the titles of all the books of Moses (e.g., first book is called "Bereshit"= "in the beginning", second is "Shemot" = "names").

Answer 2

Leviticus is the third book of the Bible. The word Leviticus comes from the word, "Levites." In the tabernacle, the Levites were the people that God chose to be priest. Leviticus is called the "Book of Atonement." Do you know what atonement means? The dictionary defines atone as: to make reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. Reparation means to make amends for your wrong doing. Letivitus is God's way of showing the people of Israel about God's forgiveness of sin. Leviticus is pointing the people of Israel to Jesus.

Answer 3

OK, I'm not a pedant. Shouldn't this be "Leviticus"? If I'm wrong then I apologise. If I'm right then it is the second book of the Bible and probably deals with the topics identified above.

Answer 4

Letivitus is God's way of showing the people of Israel about God's forgiveness of sin.